Building your own Linux distro

[viking60]

dd would do it I can give you the raw image. Also you can try to install it via yast. I got that working too but I created the user "user" and that gave me pretty much the correct setup. I don't know if the correct setup is transfered to other users - yet (but they should be).
It is not a bad Idea to install this because I have attached the Suse repos (+ my own that was created over there) so you can leave it light weight, or simply install a fully fledged KDE from that installation.

[rolf]

Are we talking about the same thing? I refer to some CD or DVD live isos capable of dd to usb flash to run off the key or such instead of the optical disk. So, something like

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dd if=Vikings_Berserk_OS.i686-0.0.45.iso of=/dev/sdf

and boot the key to a live session. At Mandriva/Mageia, they have referred to "hybrid" isos that can do this, while others cannot, so it makes it sound like something special must be included in the iso.

[viking60]

The preload.iso will do just that according to the marketing (If you can get it to work) - namely dd the stuff to your disk or flash (and of course destroy anything on it as dd does)

I could get you an USB/hard disk image though but that build system is moody so while you wait I have provided some entertainment:

Here is a link to the preload iso of version 51 you gould give that a try (that should dd the stuff to disk).
http://susestudio.com/download/2fd03339 ... reload.iso
I cannot build anything new at the moment because Susestudio has decided that my chosen patterns are not there, and causing a conflict at the moment . It kinda works but you need a lot of patience - and then it chrashes.
What I published some h ago now apparently has conflicts - which is crap of course. So I think I will just have to wait until it is in a better mood....

[rolf]

That is very sophisticated. LOVE the ufos. No wonder it is being cloned like wildfire. Where is it on distrowatch?

[viking60]

Gimme A minute I have to write up the

"Viking60 has announced the release of BerserkOS v0.0.59, a Linux-based RescueCD featuring Openbox, Aeorsnapp and Gparted....... "
Meanwhile I have notified Suse of the build server bug that puts everything on hold for now...
X11 is conflicting with everything over there at the moment

[viking60]

I did successfully install this LiveCD to VirtualBox by firing up the preload.iso. What this does is to download the raw file and dd's it to your Flash or disk.
I did not get to choose destination hopefully because there is only one disk in VB so I only accepted that all the data on the disk would be overwritten.
Then I got a lot of meaningless udev messages that seemingly halted the process -so I waited for some minutes - and then it went on.

And the installation was perfect after a reboot with the exception of a 800x600 resolution but it worked.

This preload.iso does it all for you and you should not use dd to copy it to your USB/Disk.

[viking60]

Ok to fix the resolution I had to edit /etc/default/grub (grub2 stuff) and uncoment and change a line

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 GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024

Then I had to run

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grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

And reboot: et voila - things are looking up!

[viking60]

As promised here is the USB Stick/Harddisk image:
http://susestudio.com/download/b3691fe0 ... oem.tar.gz
Unpack.
You can dd it to your Stick or disk like this (as root):

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dd if=/home/berserk/berserkOS.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k conv=fdatasync

bs=4k is optional, but adding it will make writing to the USB device much faster. The conv=fdatasync argument should ensure the appliance is fully written to the USB device prior to dd completing.

And use the right names do not copy the example If you dd to the wrong place your hamster is dead

If you are not comfortable with the dd command you can use the Preload iso
http://susestudio.com/download/f170ef1d ... reload.iso
This must be burned to a DVD first (or maybe run from a VB) and then it will dd the raw iso to the destination you specify.

Every thing is also here

[viking60]

Ok Suse has upgraded but this Berserk version of Suse still fits nicely on a CD and can be installed with all the good repos attached. and then you can upgrade to the latest version with

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zypper dup

You have all the repos you need to simply install KDE or Gnome if you so desire...
I am not going to upgrade the live CD - Susestudio is too buggy (It still is an amazing online service though).
I am on my way to make an Arch spin Live CD with Archiso - it is detailed stuff where it truly is me that has to nit everything together.
If you have tips on what simply has to be on a Live/Rescue CD ..let me know.

[dedanna1029]

Sorry, had not been following this thread for whatever reason, possibly due to not having a running computer right now (I swear my Linux skills are waning because I can't keep them in practice, which keeps one from forgetting how to do things), but was just looking for something in this thread and came across your package above (thank you btw, great contribution... and could not have been easy to compile).

... and then saw the dd command... ... with a .raw file.

I then realized how badly I want a computer up and running (well, I knew to some real degree, but not to this extent)... ...because I would SO love to delve into dd more... I did not know it would work on alternate file formats from .iso even...

Thank you for the eye opener. Really, for both the contribution and the code.